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Club

Date1835-1839

MediumWood

DimensionsObject/Work: 420 x 90 x 50 mm

ClassificationsArms/Armour

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Object numberC03170

DescriptionSquare sided hand club of a heavy wood. The handle is missing the cotton thread handgrip common to this type of club. The surface is lightly engraved with sets of hero-twins, figures with joined arms and haloes. Macusi tribe. Collected by Robert Schomburgk in Guyana between 1835 and 1839. Guyana. South Amazonia.

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